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Fedora 39 : dnsmasq (2024-b359bbdf87)

high Nessus Plugin ID 189752

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-b359bbdf87 advisory.

 - Change initial configuration to use ``local-service=host`` for initial listening on localhost. It auto- disables itself as soon as other explicit interface or listen-address is configured.
 (FEDORA-2024-b359bbdf87)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected dnsmasq package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-b359bbdf87

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 189752

File Name: fedora_2024-b359bbdf87.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/30/2024

Updated: 1/30/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:39, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:dnsmasq

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2024

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